Hat-creaser-retaining device



B. REICHARD.

HAT CREASER RETAINING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, l9l9.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921 5] nvemiioz 11 mfien 'ar wzl ellaraz BENJAMIN REICHARI), 015 NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-GREASER-RETAINING DEVICE.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filed July 14. 1919. Serial No. 310,775.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I. llnxawuxx llricirum, a citizen of the l nited States. and a resident of the borough of Bronx. county of Bronx. city and Stateof New York, have inrented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Creaser-Retaining Devices, of which the following; is a specification.

My improvements relate to devices for imparting a medial longitudinat crown crease to a felt or similar soft hat body. according to the fashion at present in rogue; and the object is to attain a relatively strong positive elastic resilient clamp of light weight and simple construction that is also essentially invisible in use and permanent in character, all as hereina ftcr more fully set forth, and described and claimed specifically.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a sectional detail of a soft hat crown illustrating the application and function of my improved creaser;

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the creaser;

Fig. 3, is a top edge view thereof; and

Fig. 4, is a transverse section taken upon plane of line 4-4, Figs. 2 and 3.

My crease holder or clamp is made of a single piece of relatively thin celluloid bent over upon itself and permanently set, and consisting of the curved spine 0, and side members or wings a, 0', the longitudinal edges 0 c of which constitute jaws which tend constantly to contact with each other, and hence to clamp any material inserted between them. In other Words the device is inherently elastic and resilient,-the resilience of the spine a, particularly insuring permanence to the function of the jaws a, in binding together the thicknesses of hat body interposed between them and constituting the crown crease in such manner that the contacting material is firmly and positively pinched and held against slip or displacement, as will be readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. 1, of the drawing.

I preferably make my hat creasing device of transparent celluloid. so that when in position on the inner side of the crown of the hat it is practically invisible except upon close inspection, because it transmits the color of the material to which it is applied. This obviously is a decided advantage, since the use of such an expedient for shapin a hat crown is presumably sub rose. 'The pose, such as a composition of gelatin, lactic acid, etc., which forms a transparent elastic clip, which is, to all intents and purposes, invisible.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A hat-creasea'etaining device of the character designated, formed of a single piece of non-metallic elastic resilient ma terial with its free edges normally tending to approach each other to grip the crease at such edges only.

2. A l1at-crease-retaining device 0f the character designated, formed of a single piece of transparent non-metallic elastic resilient material with its free edges normally tending to approach each other to grip the crease at such edges only.

3. A hat-creasea'etaining device of the character designated, formed of a single. piece of elastic resilient celluloid having a permanent set with its free edges normally tending to approach each other to grip the crease at such edges only.

4. A l1at-crease-retaining device of the character designated, formed of a single piece of transparent elastic resilient celluloid having a. permanent set with the free edges normally tending to approach each other to grip the crease at such edges only.

5. The hatcrease-retaining device shown and described, formed of a piece of trans parent, elastic resilient, non-metallic material bent upon itself and permanently set, and connn'ising a curved spine to receive the bend in the crown of the hat and side wings the longitudinal edges of which constiute jaws tending to constantly yieldingly contact with each other and clamp the material of the hat at the crease between them. 6. As an improved article of manufacture, a vhat-crease-1etaini11g device formed of a single piece of resilient material bent upon itself to form a curved spine to loosely C111 brace the fold of the hat crown and having side portions the longitudinal edges of 5 which only pinch the crown fold between them, said edges normally tending to con stantly approach each other to form a grip. 7. A device of the class described cone prising a strip bent upon itself to provide 10 a pair of jaws with the edges of the jaws normally tending toward each. other to provide ripping jaws.

8. g hat-creaseretaining device of the character described, comprising a one-piece 15 structure of transparent, elastic resilient non-metallic material hent upon itselt' an; permanently set to l UlIIl a hollow spine linl tion adapted to eontain without pres nre thereon the bi ght oi" th hat erease and with relatively eonwrgent hh wings. the lonei- 12:1 tndinal edges ot' whieh eonstiinte pint-hin jaws which tend eonstanttr to \'iehlin;1| eontaet with eaeh other and 1'l:l|ll|) the ma terial (()I1Stlllllll1 f the sides of the hat erease between them.

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